Professional imaginary: dreams and realities in nursing

Abstract

The imaginary perspective nursing undergraduates, his conception of the discipline and its knowledge about the object of study are substantive axes career choice, performance during the training process of their life project. The nurses imagines society as people who care for the sick, guide them in the management of disease-related situations, able to comfort them, but in reality are still unknown aspects of the nature of their practice, the field exercise, knowledge and skills.